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Sovereignty and Self- Determination in New Caledonia book cover

1st Edition

Sovereignty and Self- Determination in New Caledonia

By Denise Fisher Copyright 2027
372 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book delves into the intricate political dynamics surrounding self-determination in New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in the Pacific, located off Australia’s east coast.  It provides essential context on the peace agreements that ended civil unrest in the 1980s, delivering three decades of stability, but which have now concluded, leaving the territory at a crossroads. The... Read more

 

Introduction: Sovereignty and self-determination in New Caledonia                       

 

Part I: Foundations of Identity and Independence

1. Tjibaou’s Kanak: ethnic identity as New Caledonia prepares its future                                                                                                                         

2. The need to remember:  L’Ordre et La Morale (Rebellion)

 

Part II: The Noumea Accord:  Laying the Groundwork

 

3. New Caledonia: options for the future                                           

 

4. Review of implementation of the Noumea Accord

 

Part III: The First referendum: A Divided Future  

 

5. Remembering the past and preparing the future     

 

6. French choreography in the Pacific                                               

 

7. New Caledonia: the independence referendum process:  what is at stake?

 

8. New Caledonia’s independence referendum: re-defining the future

 

9. New Caledonia’s independence referendum: local and regional implications

 

Part IV – The Second Referendum: Strengthening Independence support

 

10. “No” vote in New Caledonia’s independence referendum: a pyrrhic victory for loyalists                                                                                       

11. New Caledonia’s second independence referendum is a wake-up call

 

12. Self-determination in New Caledonia                                         

 

Part V – The Third Referendum: Boycott and Deadlock

 

13. Why New Caledonia’s final independence vote could lead to instability and tarnish France’s image in the region                                                              

 

14. Uncertainties as New Caledonia prepares for its final independence referendum                                                                                                                             

15. France and New Caledonia: three independence referendums and an impasse

 

Part VI – Beyond the Noumea Accord: Crisis and Conflict

 

16. Uncertainty in New Caledonia

 

17. Macron faces resistance in New Caledonia

 

18. Independence leader wins French Senate seat over Macron favourite

 

19. New Caledonia: uncertainty and division intensify as Paris imposes its will

 

20. Violence erupts in New Caledonia as independence supporters oppose legislation in Paris

 

21. Violence in New Caledonia: wider implications for France

 

22. Next steps for New Caledonia in the wake of Macron’s proposals

 

23. France’s legislative elections and complications for New Caledonia

 

24. New Caledonia:  France’s way or the Pacific way?

 

25. A surprising litmus test for New Caledonia’s independence parties

Biography

Denise Fisher is a former senior Australian diplomat who served in the Pacific, the US, South-East Asia, India and Africa.  She headed Australian diplomatic missions in Zimbabwe, accredited to several southern and central African countries, and New Caledonia, covering France’s Pacific territories and the Secretariat for the Pacific Community.  Currently a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University, Denise focuses her research and writing on France’s role in the Pacific and Indo-Pacific. She is the author of France in the South Pacific: Power and Politics (2013).

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